Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, 1500-1515
MS M.276 fol. 4v

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Eve: Creation -- God, nimbed, with right hand raised in blessing, with left hand holds wrist of Eve, nude, emerging from side of Adam, nude, reclining on ground with eyes closed. Two angels witness scene. Scene in garden with stag, boar, stream and fruit trees.
Margins with floreate ornament. In lower margin is blind arcade.